Bodybuilder Luke Wood died after 'missed opportunities' in his treatment at Westmead Hospital, coroner finds

Family rejects coroner decision: Bodybuilder Luke Wood died at Westmead Hospital after a kidney transplant. Photo: Supplied

The treatment given to a champion Australian bodybuilder in the hours before he died on the operating table at Westmead Hospital was marred by "missed opportunities", a NSW coroner has found.

But the coroner concluded that Luke Wood - known as 'Big Luke' in the bodybuilding community was so sick that it was unlikely he would have survived even if doctors had done better.

The findings handed down in the NSW Coroner's Court were immediately rejected by the Wood family, who said that they "totally disagreed" with what Deputy NSW Coroner Sharon Freund had concluded.

Mr Wood, 25, a six-time winner of the Australian Body Building Championships, died on August 31, 2011 - 11 days after he underwent kidneytransplant surgery.

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His family said he was forced to leave hospital too soon after the transplant operation and that in the days after the surgery doctors did not give due attention to the severe bruising on his abdomen, thighs and genital area.

"We heard four days of evidence about treatment and care that was completely inappropriate," Mr Wood's brother, Adam, said.

"We're never going to get him back ... what we wanted was for no other family to go through this. Unfortunately another family is now going to have to go through this.

"He was kicked out of hospital, bleeding. He couldn't go to the toilet for a week.

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Bodybuilder Luke Wood died after 'missed opportunities' in his treatment at Westmead Hospital, coroner finds